Court finds market trader was defamed

Two traders in Cork’s famous English Market who met Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in 2011 were back in the limelight at Cork Circuit Court yesterday.

Fishmonger Pat O’Connell was the plaintiff in a civil action in which he claimed greengrocer Michael Herlihy had defamed him on Pat Kenny’s radio programme on Newstalk on December 3, 2014.

Mr O’Connell said he was defamed by untruthful claims that he had intimidated other fish stall holders and had, on occasions, paid suppliers by brown envelopes in an underhand manner.